BBC: Final Merchant Ivory film debuts

BBC: Final Merchant Ivory film debuts

Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson have attended the premiere of the final Merchant Ivory film, “The White Countess,” in London. The pair were joined by other members of the cast, including Richardson’s mother Vanessa Redgrave. Producer Ismail Merchant died last May at the age of 68. Mr Merchant, director James Ivory and writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala were behind landmark period films such as “A Room With A View” and “Howard’s End“. BBC reports.